Justices urged to keep gun ban to protect domestic violence survivors
The Supreme Court on Tuesday heard oral arguments over the constitutionality of a federal law barring people involved in domestic violence from owning guns.
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Second Amendment
Missing the Point – ‘No way!’
Several weeks ago, I wrote an op/ed titled “Who do the strict constructionists think they’re fooling?” Its simple point was
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Trump’s Legal Woes Don’t Trump the Climate Crisis or Mass Shootings
We need more thoughts and prayers Maybe if we pray longer and harder, genuflect here and there, light up some
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Missing the Point – Who do the strict constructionists think they’re fooling?
First of all, the language of the Second Amendment clearly indicates that the entire purpose of protecting the right to bear arms was to assure that we have a “well-regulated Militia.” That statement I just made is not interpretive. It’s just plain English. That’s what the words mean, both now and, in this case, way back when the Constitution was written.
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New calls by Biden, Democrats for assault weapons ban face familiar foe: most of GOP
Gun violence is an epidemic in the United States. And 63 percent of Americans are dissatisfied with the nation’s gun laws, according to a Gallup Poll released Wednesday. That is the highest level of public disapproval in the 23 years the poll has tracked the issue.
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Activists gather in Annapolis as hearings begin on gun control
Bills to tighten up Maryland’s gun laws brought out protests and activists Tuesday as more than 300 people signed up to speak to five gun control proposals to put an age limit on rifle possession, create a voluntary registration system to keep guns from suicidal people and restrict where guns can be carried throughout the state.
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Maryland lawmakers make gun control a session priority
Lawmakers said The Gun Safety Act will fill the void in gun control that formed following the Supreme Court’s decision in NYSRPA v. Bruen. The court decided that law-abiding citizens do not need a “good and substantial” reason to be permitted to carry a concealed weapon and that this “proper cause to carry” requirement, used in several states, including Maryland, was unconstitutional according to the 14th Amendment.
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Guns, Racism, Misogyny, anti-LGBTQ+ Hatred Results in Mass Murder
Another mass shooting, this time in Buffalo, New York. Ten innocent people murdered, including a retired cop who was working
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What I want for X-Mas is a Sig Saur 9 mm
Top photos of James, Jennifer and Ethan Crumbley courtesy of the Oakland County, MI jail. The parents of the Oxford
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Wear and Carry: Annapolis Defense aims to educate responsible gun owners
Joe Lynch of Annapolis Defense & Security instructing a class of Wear and Carry permit applicants. (Anthony C. Hayes) ANNAPOLIS,
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